1. ليتهم كانوا يهودا

    ليتهم كانوا نصارى

    If only they had been Jews!

    If only they had been Christians!

  2. كان لا يخشى على النا

    س بما قالوا اغترارا

    Then there would have been no fear for people

    of being deceived by what they said.

  3. حاربوا الرحمن سراً

    وأطاعوه جهارا

    They fought the All-Merciful in secret

    and obeyed Him openly.

  4. أكرهوا نسكا وأخفوا

    كل كفر لا يجارى

    They imposed ritual devotion and concealed

    every kind of unbelief beyond compare.

  5. واستمالوا الناس بالدين

    على الدين ضرارا

    And they won people over through religion

    to inflict harm upon religion.

  6. أظهروا التنزيه لله

    بسب لا يوارى

    They professed God's transcendence

    through abuse that could not be hidden.

  7. وصفوه باتحاد

    جمع الكل اختصارا

    They described Him as a union

    that gathered all together, in short.

  8. نصر الشيطان منهم

    شيخ سوء لا يبارى

    Among them, Satan was championed

    by an evil sheikh beyond compare.

  9. قال كل الخلق شيء

    وهو الله اضطرارا

    He said: “All creation is one thing,

    and it is God, of necessity.

  10. من يقل في الكون شيء

    غيره مان وجارا

    Whoever says there is anything in the universe

    besides Him has lied and transgressed.”

  11. قيل للشيخ فمن ما

    ن ومن حار فجارا

    The sheikh was asked: “Then who has lied,

    and who was bewildered and so transgressed?”

  12. دينه دين خبيث

    وعلى التعطيل دارا

    His religion is a vile religion,

    and it revolved around denying God's attributes.

  13. لا ترى الخالق شيئا

    سوى الخلق اقتصارا

    You see the Creator as nothing

    but creation alone.

  14. وتسمى الخلق بالله

    خداعا ومكارا

    And creation took the name of God,

    in deception and guile.

  15. خادع الجهال في العل

    م فعدوا العلم عارا

    He deceived the ignorant about knowledge,

    so they deemed knowledge a disgrace.

  16. ونهوا عنه البرايا

    ورضوا الجهل اختيارا

    And they forbade mankind to pursue it,

    and willingly embraced ignorance.

  17. فأضلوا حين ضلوا

    من أضلوه فبارا

    So, when they went astray, they misled

    those they misled, who then came to ruin.

  18. وادعوا علما من ال

    له استثاروه استثارا

    And they claimed knowledge from

    God, which they had indeed drawn forth.

  19. نبذوا القرآن معه

    والأحاديث احتقارا

    Along with it, they cast aside the Qur'an

    and the hadiths, in contempt.

  20. وازدروا من طلب العلم

    وعدوه عوارا

    And they scorned whoever sought knowledge

    and deemed it a blemish.

  21. واستوى من يعبد ال

    لَه لديهم والحجارا

    And worshippers of

    God and of stones were equal in their eyes.

  22. فعليهم لعنة الر

    رَحمن ليلا ونهارا

    So upon them be the curse of

    the All-Merciful, by night and by day.

  23. فحذار أيها الناس

    من الكفر حذارا

    So beware, O people,

    of unbelief—beware!

  24. أرسول الله منه

    عوضا يا من أعارا

    Is God's Messenger, in his place,

    a substitute, O you who have lent—

  25. مع شيطان رجيم

    يطلب الإسلام ثارا

    alongside an accursed devil

    seeking vengeance against Islam?

  26. شر ما اعتاض من اع

    تاض من الجنة نارا

    How evil the bargain of one who

    takes fire in exchange for Paradise!

  27. أبخير الخلق ترضو

    ن من الخلق الشرارا

    Would you accept, in place of the best of creation,

    the wicked among creation?